PANGLOSSIAN


Meaning of PANGLOSSIAN in English

adjective Etymology: Pangloss, optimistic tutor in Voltaire's Candide (1759) Date: 1831 marked by the view that all is for the best in this best of possible worlds ; excessively optimistic

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